Nov 14, 2011 | Hot Topics
I was away from the office all of last week, attending Bentley’s Be Inspired event in Amsterdam (more on that soon) and sitting in on meetings in London, but the world of engineering software kept going. Here’s news you might have missed: Siemens PLM to...Sep 27, 2011 | Hot Topics
I’ve been working on a mid-year update of my market numbers for CAE (which show better than expected growth to date in 2011) and am stunned by the rapid pace of acquisitions we’ve seen this year. It’s one thing to note them as they happen, but when...Sep 12, 2011 | Hot Topics
Last week I got to spend several days with the Siemens PLM team at their annual analyst event. Rain poured down outside as the remnants of another hurricane washed by but we were toasty dry inside, taking in over 20 hours of presentations, demos and meetings. I know I...Nov 26, 2010 | Hot Topics
This week saw a rather strange battle of the press releases: Siemens PLM announced that Daimler AG will phase in NX as its standard for worldwide vehicle development starting in 2012. Dassault Systèmes followed a short while later with a press release that said this...Oct 19, 2010 | Hot Topics
Still trying to catch up from nearly a month of personal and business travel, so here are a few interesting things from my overflowing in-box: Autodesk commissioned a survey of online consumers that showed that the majority prefer to examine potential purchases in 3D...Nov 23, 2009 | Hot Topics
My recent conversations with IBM about the change in its relationship with Dassault Systèmes naturally led to questions about how the closer integration with IBM and Siemens PLM is going. No details were provided but it does sound as though the partnership is at least...
